Wild Flowering Plants

Rubiaceae
Chione venosa   (Sw.) Urb.
Manba. Bwa bandé.
Mexico to Peru, Caribbean.
Quite rare tree of semi-evergreen seasonal forest and lower level of lower montane rainforest. forest edge La Sorciere/Piton Flore through to Mon Repos.
Sold in Castries market as a bwa bandé (male sexual stimulant)
See also Chiococca alba and Xanthoxylum spinifex
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